Gun control activist and Polytechnique massacre survivor Nathalie Provost to join Mark Carney’s team: report | CityNews Montreal
Gun control activist and Polytechnique massacre survivor Nathalie Provost to join Mark Carney’s team: report | CityNews Montreal
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Gun control activist and Polytechnique massacre survivor Nathalie Provost to join Mark Carney’s team: report | CityNews Montreal
Damn. I really thought Carney would scrap this horrible gun buyback program citing sensible economic policy.
This could be such an easy win. All the data shows that law abiding gun owners aren't the problem. Stop the flow of illegal weapons from the states. Educate people on guns and encourage people to get their PALs should be the approach. I'm a gun dude and would even support stricter gun training if it helps weed out the crazies.
Really weird hill to die on.
Doubling down on this when we our sovereignty is threatented is just straight bonkers. You bet PP will make this a main talking point and it could really snowball.
I'm generally liberal but I've never really felt the need for increased gun controls or bans.
I'm okay with most of our gun policies -- fully automatic weapons and handgun bans make sense to me.
But I don't think legal gun owners in Canada are enough of a problem to really worry about.
We also have strict laws about storing and transporting guns. I would be all for better gun training, but frankly everyone I've met who was into guns was also VERY into gun safety. Gun owners seem like they care a lot about not getting their guns banned, and behave accordingly.
How did you get all that from the article? It was very short, am I missing something?
The only thing I read there is "person is running for this riding with this party".
What else does she bring to the table other than gun activism? That's clearly what she's there to push
I never agreed with the Liberals plans to ban so many guns that are clearly not intended for violence. The liberals were really transparent during their second campaign about it, and it's what the people voted for so I was accepting of it... But I don't own guns, so it's an easy pill for me to swallow.
You might wish you have a gun though the way things are going. Tons of non gun people at my work are signed up to get their PALs after this annex talk.
Someone correctly said individual gun owners don't have much impact in war but I'd still much rather have one when shit hits the fan.
And I think a lot of liberal voters hate their stance on guns. I vote libs just because they're still so much better than the conservatives.
Training is what we need to promote - and broader training than just weapons usage and safety.
I don’t have a firm enough position on gun control to want it costing us money right now, but that mainly opens me up to accepting whatever position is most politically expedient. I'll take bad gun control laws over a PP government every time, and I think you might have a sheltered view on what position is most popular.
Maybe. I'm on Vancouver Island where shooting is very ingrained in the culture. Our guns are tools more than weapons.
I think majority of city people have a sheltered view of guns and that's why this garbage ass policy ever even seen the light of day. The libs who made the policy obviously have zero understanding of the "gun problem". This policy has seemingly no effect on gun violence.
You comment is very confusing. I understand not supporting the gun restrictions introduced in the last 5 years, but why would you oppose the buyback program? If the government makes a citizen's property illegal to own, they should compensate the citizen.
FTFY. Also, the issue (generally) isn't gun owners, it's their guns that get stolen, misused, etc.
Irrelevant and nonsensical. Individual gun owners have no impact on preserving our sovereignty. Modern militaries are on a different level than "A well regulated Militia" or whatever other 2A BS this is.
Because it's a waste of money. My taxes will have to pay for this.
No one is using legally attained weapons to kill people. Spend the money on stopping guns coming across the border instead, and on better gun training programs. IMO it's actually too easy to obtain a PAL and that should be made more strenuous.
They plan on shipping the bought back guns to Ukraine which is also super embarassing. That would be a logistical nightmare. There's a reason why armies use a standardized rifle/ammo haha. What is Ukraine going to do with my now illegal semi auto .22?
Restricting weapons just props up the illegal market on them.
Uh... Afghanistan would like to object?
.22 will be useless and they start shelling us.
I feel like anyone LARPing or dreaming with military campaign would be better served by practicing with RC planes and drones, tanking cool pictures, breathtaking videos, or just doing cool aerial tricks.
And he is not going to win over any rural people with this. Damn. I was hoping he is handling this a bit smarter.
I convinced my redneck cousin to vote for Carney until he saw this headline. For the simpler folk the gun policies are their biggest issue.